OpenAI Codex SQLite logger was writing 640 TB/year to developer SSDs — patch merged
A GitHub issue against openai/codex documented Codex's SQLite feedback logger accumulating 37 TB in 21 days on one developer's machine, root-caused to TRACE-level logging of WebSocket events and inotify spam that drove roughly 640 TB/year in write amplification. Two PRs merged June 22 cut logging volume 85%; unpatched installs on consumer SSDs rated around 600 TBW could exhaust full drive-write endurance in under a year.
Source: github.com ↗
On a 1 TB SSD, that is about 640 full-drive writes per year. Some consumer SSDs are rated around 600 TBW, so this could consume roughly a full drive's warranted write endurance in less than a year.
GitHub issue #28224
Why this matters
- → Unpatched Codex could exhaust consumer SSD write endurance in under one year.
- → TRACE-level logging of WebSocket and inotify events caused 640 TB/year write amplification.
- → Merged fix cuts logging volume 85%, immediately improving hardware durability.
SSD lifespan threat